New storm threatens with blizzard, flooding and winds

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Yet another significant weather system will pummel parts of the central and eastern United States into the weekend, including blizzard conditions, intense winds and severe weather.

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00:00 Well, we continue to track this a

00:01 monstrous storm that continues to

00:03 plow here across a lot of the

00:05 central and eastern US and it's

00:07 not just the heavy rain and severe

00:09 weather we're concerned about.

00:10 But hey, that is a big problem there,

00:13 especially around the South

00:14 right along that Gulf Coast.

00:16 But hey, points further north.

00:17 You're seeing that we're cranking

00:19 out some heavy, heavy snow,

00:20 and with this storm, well, hey,

00:22 it's going to be blowing around a lot

00:24 of that precipitation too as well.

00:26 If we look at the setup here into Tuesday

00:28 night we're going to see those winds.

00:31 Really start to pick up howling here.

00:33 That's going to extend from the Midwest

00:35 Ohio Valley into the Northeast with

00:37 our highest winds being right there

00:38 along the eastern seaboard,

00:39 southern New England down to

00:41 the mid Atlantic coast.

00:42 We could see gusts between

00:43 60 to 80 mph, but hey,

00:45 I wouldn't be surprised if we got a

00:47 wind report as high as 90 mph.

00:49 Meanwhile, a little bit back further

00:50 West across the interior Northeast

00:51 down through the Ohio Valley.

00:53 And of course the Midwest.

00:54 We could still see gusts between

00:56 40 to 60 mph when you look at

00:58 the snow, but it's still a little

00:59 bit higher than 90 mph when you

01:01 pair the winds of course with the snow.

01:03 Hey, you're going to have some

01:05 problems there on the road,

01:06 and if we look at total snowfall

01:08 here in to Tuesday night,

01:09 we have a dark blue bullseye here

01:11 that extends across eastern Iowa.

01:12 That's going to be our 12 to 18 inch

01:15 mark there with your accurate local

01:17 storm X as high as 20 inches falling

01:19 within that heaviest band,

01:20 but we still do have some heavy

01:22 and significant snow pulling

01:23 through across a lot of Nebraska,

01:25 eastern Nebraska up through most of

01:27 Iowa, Southern Wisconsin,

01:28 including Green Bay.

01:29 And then of course across

01:30 Western and Michigan.

01:31 That's where we could still see

01:33 upwards to a foot of snow.

01:35 6 to 12 inches.

01:36 In fact,

01:36 meanwhile,

01:37 out ahead of this storm across the Northeast,

01:39 we're talking about some big power

01:41 outage risk here Tuesday into Wednesday.

01:43 That's going to extend right there

01:45 through western central Pennsylvania,

01:46 up through western New York,

01:47 where we could see some widespread

01:49 power outage issues.

01:50 Also there right along the immediate

01:52 coast down through the Cape,

01:54 the Southern Cape,

01:54 and then down through the

01:56 Southern Cape down through Southern

01:58 New England as well,

01:59 including Long Island.

02:00 But even regional power outage

02:01 risks are going to extend for areas

02:03 like New York City down through

02:05 Philadelphia now on top of the winds.

02:07 We're also tracking some heavy rain

02:08 and that's going to cause a major

02:10 flood risk because hey,

02:11 like we just saw this past weekend,

02:13 we had a lot of snow fall

02:15 in some of these areas.

02:16 I know New York,

02:17 Philly you missed out on all your snow,

02:19 but even so with the combination

02:21 of snow melts and rain, well,

02:23 hey, we're talking big problems

02:24 here Tuesday into Tuesday night,

02:25 and that's of course going to extend

02:27 right here through New England down

02:29 through eastern Pennsylvania through

02:30 the mid Atlantic we are talking about.

02:33 Roadways underwater dangerous travel folks.

02:35 It is so easy to achieve flooding,

02:37 especially in these urban areas.

02:38 Make sure you're staying weather aware,

02:40 taking precautions and never ever

02:41 driving through these flooded areas

02:43 or roadways turn around.

02:44 Don't drown.

02:45 We're also concerned about rapidly

02:46 rising creeks and rivers when all

02:48 is said and done.

02:49 How much know are we really

02:51 talking about here?

02:52 Well, right through central Pennsylvania

02:53 and will hey,

02:54 right around Accuweather HQ we could

02:56 see upwards of three to six inches.

02:58 Now that snow is going to be mixed

03:00 with sleet here into the northeast.

03:02 So hey,

03:02 not all the way big poppy snow

03:04 that we've been talking about.

03:05 It's going to be a little

03:07 messy there at times,

03:08 but even points further north,

03:10 especially there across Western Maine.

03:12 That's where we could still see

03:13 upwards 2 to 12 inches Tuesday,

03:15 all the way through Wednesday night.

03:17 So hey,

03:17 this storm is bringing us it all.

03:19 Of course,

03:20 you're going to want to stay tuned

03:22 into the Accuweather app.

03:23 Accuweather network and on our website as

03:25 we're going to continue to track this

03:27 winter storm.

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